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Liza's tale

The story of two couples in love. One is not quite ordinary, the other is completely unusual. Believing in her is as difficult as not believing. She is as tragic as she is light, as touching as she is tough.

The complex, sometimes incomprehensible depth of human relations is hidden behind the absolute accessibility, at times graceful ease of narration. Freely subordinating your feelings, she will make you laugh sincerely, and just as sincerely cry.

But most importantly, as always, it will leave an unsolved mystery. This time, the mystery of the unusual people living next to us with chromosomal aberration, which made them either flawed or chosen.

  • Alexander Zhovna
    Director
  • Alexander Zhovna
    Writer
  • Valery Kalmykov
    Producer
  • Evghenii Sivcov
    Producer
  • Maryana Akhrarova
    Key Cast
    "Liza"
  • Vladislav Pogrebnoy
    Key Cast
    "Kolya"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Історія Лізи
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 58 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 21, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    285,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 35, RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Kolkata International Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    November 10, 2019
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Antipode
    Sales Agent
    Country: Armenia
Director Biography - Alexander Zhovna

Zhovna Alexander Yurievich - Ukrainian writer, screenwriter, film director.
Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine.

Awards
Numerous domestic and foreign awards in the field of literature and cinema. The works have been translated into foreign languages and published in Tokyo and New York. Seven one-time laureate of "Coronation of the Word" in the nomination screenplay.

Author of books:
"Score on a gravestone"
"Widow"
" Experiment "
"Little life"
"Her body smelled like winter apples"
"Drawings from the Past"
"Lisa's tale"
"L"
"From the notebook of butterflies that have flown away "

Scriptwriter - full-length feature films:
"Score on the gravestone" 1995 , director Yaroslav Lupiy
"The Night is Light" 2004 , director Roman Balayan
"SECONDHAND" 2005 , director Yaroslav Lupiy
"Little Life" 2007 , director A. Zhovna
"My dear Ukrainians" 2015 , director A. Zhovna
"Liza's tale" 2018 , directed by Alexander Zhovna. State financing of Ukraine (Derzhkino).

Filmography, Screenwriter and director:
"Slaughterhouse" 1997 year, director A. Zhovna
"Little Life" 2007 , director A. Zhovna
"My dear Ukrainians" 2015 , director A. Zhovna
Full-length feature film "Liza's tale" 2018 , director Alexander Zhovna. State financing of Ukraine (Derzhkino).
Full-length feature film "Sashenka" 2022 , director Alexander Zhovna. State financing of Ukraine (Derzhkino).

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Director Statement

People from a parallel world, living next to us. Unlike us and so similar to each other, incomprehensible, unsolved. Who are they?